VERBS AND
EXPRESSIONS
FOLLOWED BY
–ING FORM
Do
you like playing computer
games?
Are you good at making
cakes?
Do you enjoy listening to
music?
Laura likes working in a team.
Melanie hates getting up early.
I can’t stand cooking.
I prefer doing things in a group.
Verbs describing likes and
dislikes like, enjoy, prefer,
hate, mind, stand ... are often
followed by –ING form of a
verb (working, getting up,
cooking, doing,...)
I am good at solving problems.
He is keen on* playing team
games.
We are interested in collecting
stamps.
* Keen on = like
We also use – ING form after
the expressions with
prepositions ( good at,
interested in, keen on,...)
Remember!
After want, would we don’t
use –ing , but to + infinitive
I would like to be an actor.
I want to be on Survivor.
Thank you!
Have a nice day!